Soil Health

Marty Bender Nature Area. (Courtesy photo.)
Central Region, Farmland, Kansas, Land, Ranchland, Regional Roundup, Soil Health, Water

The Land Institute to have ‘community days’

The Land Institute unveils community days at Marty Bender Nature Area and guests can learn about prairie connections. Read More

Tractor tire tread mark between rows of corn in farm field. (iStock │ #1313192183 - JJ Gouin)
Iowa, Midwestern Region, Regional Roundup, Soil Health

Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll highlights rising concerns about soil compaction

Hannah Voye, who graduated from SDSU in May 2025 with a master’s degree in plant science, talks about her research on soil tarping at an SDSU Extension event (SDSU Extension)
Central Region, Regional Roundup, Soil Health, South Dakota

SDSU provides updated recommendations on soil tarping



Corn growing in a field planted with no tillage with cover crop residue between the rows. (Adobe Stock │ #355713182 - Margaret Burlingham)

Regenerative agriculture in the Trump world

Plan ahead for profit at Crops and Cattle

Square bales of alfalfa hay for cattle are lying on the field. (Adobe Stock │ #369798473 - malshak_off)

Forage feeding and soil fertility

  • By David Hallauer │ Kansas State University Research and Extension
Woman checking soil health before growth a seed of vegetable or plant seedling. (Adobe Stock │ #572997453 - maxbelchenko)

Do I need to test my garden’s soil?

In Hill County Texas, John and Natasha Sawyer have embraced a new era of farming. (Adele Swearingen - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service)

Sawyer Farms: A legacy of conservation and a future of sustainability

  • By Adele Swearingen │ - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Black and White portrait of a farmer plowing a field using a team of horses. Circa 1890. (iStock │ #1457422276 - bauhaus1000)

Feb. 27 program looks at history of Ozarks soil

Cows (File photo by Linda Geist- University of Missouri Extension)

Why rotational grazing isn’t working

Corn field. (Adobe Stock │ #373307379 - Steve)

Ag groups cheer biofuel tax changes